Wire fence



(No Model.)

J. C. FORD.

WIRE FENCE.

No. 287,372. ,c .Patented 001.. 23, 188s. 3

m1111955 E5. Il/ Elllnl L N. PETERS. Pnummnagnphar, washington. llc.

ANiTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. FORD, OF PITTSBURG, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS B. KERR, OF ALLE- GHENYCITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

WIRE FENCE.

-SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,372, dated October23, 1883.

v Application filed June 27, 1883. (Xo model To all whom may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN C. FORD, of Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in W'ire Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to the application of warning plates or devices tothe strand-wires of wire fences for the purpose of rendering themvisible to cattle in order that they may avoid the barrier. This isuseful when the strand-wires are not provided with barbs, as it keepsthe cattle from running against the wires and tearing them from theposts. It is also useful in ease the wires are provided with barbs, asit tends to prevent the cattle from coming against the barbs andinjuring themselves.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow describe it by reference to the accompanying` drawings, in which-Figure l is a side view of one form of my improved device. Fig. 2 is asection on the line a" x of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side view of an- `weldsthe plates and Wires together.

ject from one side thereof, as indicated at c2. The other two sectionsremain in the original plane of the plate, as at c3. The strand-wirespass back of c and rest on the opposite ends of t-he sections c2, asclearly indicated in the drawings. In Figs. 3 and 4 the sections c2 arepunched out ofthe body of the plate and turned back at right angles, asin Figs. 1 and 2. The warning-plate thus made is light and thin, and isapplied to the wires with ease wheny the twisting operation isperformed. When the wire is galvanized, the galvanizing material Thereis no danger of the plates becoming detached from the wires, and afence-wire so made is capable of being rolled up on reels and sold inthe manner usually practiced with reference to barb-wire.

My improved fence-wire may be used either alone or in connection withother strands JOHN O. FORD.

Witnesses:

J. P. DRYNAN, W. B. OoRwIN.

